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“loud” + “war”
Language context for this entry: Old English
[ˈl̥oː.ðeˌwiːj] · Old English
01 / Meaning & origin
Hloþewig is a masculine given name documented in Old English. English Wiktionary records the meaning ““loud” + “war””.
Meaning: “loud” + “war”
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdawīg; equivalent to hlūd (“loud”) + wīġ (“war”). This is the original English form of the name Louis; it was present in England before the Norman Conquest of 1066, thenceforth being displaced by the Anglo-Norman-derived Lewis / Lowis in Middle English, from the same Germanic source (via Frankish).
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